Newport Pride Festival & Parade 2025

🌈 Joy Is Resistance 🌈

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Join us for an unforgettable celebration of love, and unity as we honor the vibrant LGBTQ+ community in Newport and beyond. From the Festival & Parade to Pride Flags Ceremony and celebrations, there’s something for everyone—families, friends, and allies! Scroll down, for Sponsorship opportunities!

 

Main Event: Newport Pride Parade & Festival

📅 Saturday, June 28th

Pride Parade | ⏰ 11:00 AM | 📍 Downtown Newport

• March with Pride! Our colorful parade winds through the local area of Newport, with Pride, bikes, and community spreading love and joy. We will start at the Great Friends Meeting House and visit some of our iconic spots like Equality Park, where the first Newport Pride Fests were held, our rainbow crosswalks, and the Newport Pride Center!  Learn more here! 

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Pride Festival | ⏰ 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM | 📍Great Friends Meeting House

• Right after the parade, join us for a family-friendly festival with live music, local vendors, artists, drag performances, food trucks, and more!

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Applications for vendors and entertainment are now closed. Below are the confirmed vendors, food options, and performers so far.

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Performers

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• Oepning DJ Zoila Rosa

• Quorus - music (pop/oldies/musicals)

• Lulu Levity - Drag Queen

• Mckayla Savage - Drag Queen

• Ellen Pinnock (Speaker - Newport City Councilor)

• Aziz Olivine - music (shoegaze / dream pop)

• Alex Kehm - music (acoustic singer-songwriter)

• Nova - DJ

• yourfriendm00n - music (chill indie pop)

• Zest - Drag Queen

• Darren Tashine - Drag King

• Persimmon - music (folk/rock)

• House of Neptune - Drag Performers (Headliner)

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Vendors

• Newport Mental Health

• Renewal by Andersen

• People's Credit Union

• Haus of Codec

• FaithEndures by Dev

• PFLAG Greater Providence

• Rhode Island Glassworks

• RIHI

• Save The Bay

• Ocean State Center for Independent Living

• Newport Canvassing Authority

• Pride in Aging RI

• Free Mom Hugs Rhode Island

• Potter League for Animals

• New England Novelty

• Crooked Tail Crafts

• Newport County Prevention Coalition

• Rhode Island Abortion Fund

• Newport County League if Women Voters

• Minority Stress & Trauma Lab in the Department of Psychology at the University of Rhode Island

• Downtown Designs Gallery

• Women's Resource Center

• TGI Network of RI Inc.

• AIDS Quilt RI

• Photography by Kathryn Tay @thegfphotographer

• Wilting Flower Company

• Newport Public Education Foundation

• Newport Democratic Committee

• The Womxn Project Education Fund

• Kileymaycrochet

• Youth Pride, Inc.

• Window Nation

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Food Options

• Island Vibez - Jamaican cuisine

• Little fish - Mexican-inspired New England seafood

• Yaggi 

• Friskie Fries